Verismo - Preludi e Intermezzi

Verismo - Preludi e Intermezzi

ONYX4242 (Onyx Classics, CD)

DDD
FIRST RELEASE (27 October 2023)

Playing time: 69'04"
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 14
℗ 2023 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
© 2023 Onyx Classics Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Verismo - Preludi e Intermezzi published on 10 November 2023

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886):

1 Danza delle ore (La Gioconda, Act III)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):

2 Act III Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945):

3 Act III Intermezzo (L'Amico Fritz)

4 Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Giacomo Puccini:

5 La Tregenda - Act II Intermezzo (Le Villi)

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919):

6 Intermezzo (I Pagliacci)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948):

7 Overture (Il segreto di Susanna)

Giacomo Puccini:

8 Intermezzo (Suor Angelica)

9 Prelude to Act III (Edgar)

Pietro Mascagni:

10 Sinfonia (La maschere)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari:

I gioielli della Madonna:
11 Intermezzo No 1
12 Serenata

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950):

13 Act II Intermezzo (Adriana Lecouvreur)

Giacomo Puccini:

Prelude to Act II, Part 2 (Madama Butterfly)

A collection of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzi from some of the most popular Italian operas.

Recorded 26 November 2022 (tracks 6-13), 9 March 2023 (tracks 1-5) and 27 April 2023 (track 14) in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK.